The 86 List is a punk rock band from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi which has a strong following amongst members of the city's punk scene.
History
The band was founded by guitarist Josh Hancock and drummer Derek Hoeft during their time at Kahuku High School, and its early years were characterized by struggles to find a bassist and a name. In their earlier years, they went by "The Conflicts" and "Red Tape," but both were considered too similar to the names of existing bands. Their eventual name refers to the "86 list" in a coffee shop where Josh 86 worked. It was a list of things missing from its inventory, and alludes to the 86 List's songs' lyrical content, which concerns things which are missing or should be missing from society.
After what Hancock characterizes as a series of "100 bassists" who were unreliable or joined the army, Otto Cake joined the band, impressing Hancock and Hoeft with his dedication. The band played its first show on July 2, 2000, and were impressed by the level of audience participation.
profile in local music with groups such as The Sticklers and as owner of a bakery that also staged punk rock shows and the catchiness of their music helped the band grow into a place in the local scene.
In 2001, the group released its first album, Disaster. Novermber of that year saw Hoeft leave Hawaiʻi due to the transfer of his father, a soldier, to a mainland military base. He was replaced by Sean Tasaki on the drums. A second guitarist known as Spanky was added to the band as well. It was with this lineup that the band continued until April 2002, when Josh 86's departure for the mainland led to the dissolution of the band. However, Hancock returned to Hawaiʻi in 2003 and the band reformed and released its second CD, Our Neighborhood.
In May and June of 2003, The 86 List went on a tour of California, with a lineup that included, in addition to Hancock, Tasaki, and Cake, saxophonist TR. After the tour, they were rejoined by Derek Derilect, who returned to Hawaiʻi, replacing Tasaki on the drums. They released their third CD, Tattoo, in April of 2004, but, owing to Otto's spinal arthritis, which rendered playing the bass difficult to play for him, they broke up once again following a show on November 12, 2004.
In fall of 2005, the band reformed once again and has been playing since.
In 2007, the band released another CD, entiled "86." A party on March 3rd, 2007 was held to promote the CD at Anna Banana's, in which the band gave away free copies of the CD to anyone who attended. The Sticklers, The Hell Caminos, The Skullfux, and The Democratic Fistfights all opened for The 86 List. Patches, and other merchandise were also given away and on sale. The CD features tracks such as "HPD", and a live version of "Too Free for Me."
You might also recognize Josh 86 and Derek from the popular TV show Lost. They are in the show's fictional band Driveshaft.
Music and Influences
The 86 List cites as primary musical influences Rancid, Operation Ivy and the Clash, and their music is described as similar to the latter group's. Their lyrics also have a chant-along quality, of which Otto says, “People will grab the mic away and sing for us. For some reason, the songs have that beat and that sing-along quality that people connect to."
Members
Current lineup
* - lead vocals, guitar
*Otto Cake - bass, backup vocals
* - drums, backup vocals
Past members
*Chris, a.k.a. Beatrice - bass (1999)
*Sean Tasaki - drums (2001-2003)
*Spencer, a.k.a. Spanky - second guitar (2001-2002)
*TR - saxophone (2003)
Discography
*Disaster - 2001
*Our Neighborhood - 2003
*Tattoo - 2004
*86 - 2007
History
The band was founded by guitarist Josh Hancock and drummer Derek Hoeft during their time at Kahuku High School, and its early years were characterized by struggles to find a bassist and a name. In their earlier years, they went by "The Conflicts" and "Red Tape," but both were considered too similar to the names of existing bands. Their eventual name refers to the "86 list" in a coffee shop where Josh 86 worked. It was a list of things missing from its inventory, and alludes to the 86 List's songs' lyrical content, which concerns things which are missing or should be missing from society.
After what Hancock characterizes as a series of "100 bassists" who were unreliable or joined the army, Otto Cake joined the band, impressing Hancock and Hoeft with his dedication. The band played its first show on July 2, 2000, and were impressed by the level of audience participation.
profile in local music with groups such as The Sticklers and as owner of a bakery that also staged punk rock shows and the catchiness of their music helped the band grow into a place in the local scene.
In 2001, the group released its first album, Disaster. Novermber of that year saw Hoeft leave Hawaiʻi due to the transfer of his father, a soldier, to a mainland military base. He was replaced by Sean Tasaki on the drums. A second guitarist known as Spanky was added to the band as well. It was with this lineup that the band continued until April 2002, when Josh 86's departure for the mainland led to the dissolution of the band. However, Hancock returned to Hawaiʻi in 2003 and the band reformed and released its second CD, Our Neighborhood.
In May and June of 2003, The 86 List went on a tour of California, with a lineup that included, in addition to Hancock, Tasaki, and Cake, saxophonist TR. After the tour, they were rejoined by Derek Derilect, who returned to Hawaiʻi, replacing Tasaki on the drums. They released their third CD, Tattoo, in April of 2004, but, owing to Otto's spinal arthritis, which rendered playing the bass difficult to play for him, they broke up once again following a show on November 12, 2004.
In fall of 2005, the band reformed once again and has been playing since.
In 2007, the band released another CD, entiled "86." A party on March 3rd, 2007 was held to promote the CD at Anna Banana's, in which the band gave away free copies of the CD to anyone who attended. The Sticklers, The Hell Caminos, The Skullfux, and The Democratic Fistfights all opened for The 86 List. Patches, and other merchandise were also given away and on sale. The CD features tracks such as "HPD", and a live version of "Too Free for Me."
You might also recognize Josh 86 and Derek from the popular TV show Lost. They are in the show's fictional band Driveshaft.
Music and Influences
The 86 List cites as primary musical influences Rancid, Operation Ivy and the Clash, and their music is described as similar to the latter group's. Their lyrics also have a chant-along quality, of which Otto says, “People will grab the mic away and sing for us. For some reason, the songs have that beat and that sing-along quality that people connect to."
Members
Current lineup
* - lead vocals, guitar
*Otto Cake - bass, backup vocals
* - drums, backup vocals
Past members
*Chris, a.k.a. Beatrice - bass (1999)
*Sean Tasaki - drums (2001-2003)
*Spencer, a.k.a. Spanky - second guitar (2001-2002)
*TR - saxophone (2003)
Discography
*Disaster - 2001
*Our Neighborhood - 2003
*Tattoo - 2004
*86 - 2007
Extremeskins, or ES as it is known by members, is an online discussion forum for the Washington Redskins.
Founded in May of 2000, the site officially merged with the Redskins organization in 2005 experiencing a significant jump in membership from August of 2005 to February 2006. Currently as of July 2007 there are about 68,000 users registered to the site. Users register with the site and choose usernames that become their alias on the site. Members have options for creating their own "signature" which is either a graphic or text and receive an "avatar" that corresponds to how many total posts on the site the member has.
Forums
There are several forums for discussion on the site, each with its own focus. Of these forums The Stadium is the most visited, but The Tailgate is arguably the most popular among long-time members. Moderators are chosen by the staff to patrol the site and uphold the rules of discussion. Moderators or "mods" as some call them are experienced members hand-picked by the owners.
The Stadium
The Stadium forum is used exclusively for discussing issues directly involved with the Washington Redskins football franchise. This forum generally sees the most traffic of all of the forums and many newcomers to the site use this forum primarily.
The Tailgate
The Tailgate is a more relaxed forum where just about any non-football topic is fair game, from news to humor to science.
The Classifieds Forum
Members can buy, sell, or trade items or services in this forum. Mostly Redskins-related.
The Club Level Forums
The Club Level comprises four forums that include a graphic library, a Chat archive, a draft "war room", and a film library. Most of the material in these forums is created and posted by members. Non-staff members cannot post in the chat archive, but it can be viewed by anyone visiting the site.
Washington Area Sports Forums
The Washington area sports forums include forums for discussion of every major professional sports team in the Washington area. Teams include the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles (Baseball), the Washington Wizards (Basketball), the Washington Capitals (Hockey), D.C. United (soccer), and the area's NCAA teams.
Stadium Maintenance Forums
Only two forums are in this area: Tech Feedback, which is open to all members, and the Owners Box, reserved specifically for Redskins personnel and Extremeskins staff.
The Redskins Tradition Forums
These forums contain past discussion threads and posts organized by year. These threads are editable, but no new posts can be made in these forums.
Origins
Extremeskins (ES) was founded by Die Hard (username) in May of 2000. Die Hard was fed up with message boards where discussions frequently degenerated into flame wars. Engaging discussion was impossible without countless posts from fans of other teams who had no intention other than to provoke a fight.
Die Hard set out to build a message board that was a haven for Redskins fans to discuss their team's issues without rude responses. At the site's inception, one didn't have to register for many of the online communities, the software was second rate, and the moderation was poor. The ultimate goal was to have the best Redskins fan site on the net with a committed, involved moderation staff.
Because Extremeskins started as a small group of devoted fans, discussions maintained a level of civility higher than one could find at other sports message boards. As the site grew, new members followed the positive example set by their predecessors. Throughout its history, Extremeskins has been entirely free to access and join. All funds necessary to run the forum came voluntarily from the pockets of the owners and members.
All of the staff are long-time posters at ExtremeSkins, who share the goal of fostering a pleasant environment for discussion not only of sports-related topics, but humor and current events as well. Many of the original members were refugees from a message board at "The Sporting News". The atmosphere at "The Sporting News" had begun to decline, and when ES was formed members quickly flocked to the fledgling site. The community grew slowly at first, but there was a dramatic increase in membership when Steve Spurrier was named Head Coach, and again when Joe Gibbs returned to Washington. Membership was also further bolstered when ES began to feature Bang Cartoons, satirical animations about the NFL, in late 2003. the cartoons became a hit, and fans league-wide signed on in large numbers to view them. Bang Cartoons became a weekly feature that stayed with ES until the summer of 2005.
Unbeknownst to the public, the Redskins wanted to add a message board to their official team site, Redskins.com. Realizing this would be a complicated task, the Redskins decided to acquire an established forum rather than start from scratch. After looking at all of the serious Redskins sites on the web, they found that ES was the busiest, best managed, highest quality site available. The team liked the way Extremeskins was run, the quality of discussion, and the friendly, hands-on approach of the staff. The Redskins assured the owners and members of ES that no significant changes would be made to the site as a result of the union, and the merger spurred a massive influx of new members.
The Present Day
Die Hard's goal has long since been reached, but the staff at Extremeskins is constantly working to improve the site. Each season ES welcomes new members and expands its features, but is still completely free. While some things did change with the merger, the sense of community, diversity of opinion and freedom of expression have not. Extremeskins owes these successes to the hard work and dedication of the staff.
Currently, a few moderators from Extremeskins have turn their attentions from attacking other Redskins Fans/Posters, and focused on attacking local beat writers. To the surprise of many in the media and around the league, the Washington Redskins allow these moderators to spend games in the press box.
(contributed in part by ES member Skinfan13 and in bulk by ES moderator Pete)
Extremeskins in the Media
"One of the most novel steps came in August, when the Redskins announced they had acquired ExtremeSkins.com. That was sort of the Neon Deion of fan Web sites, the most popular and brashest such outlet in the burgundy-and-gold universe. ExtremeSkins.com is the first existing fan site ever acquired by an NFL team."
"Still operated by the fan moderators who founded the site, ExtremeSkins.com--the largest Redskins fan site on the Internet--provides fans unique views and access to the team. Representatives of Extremeskins travel to all Redskins games, posting fan-centric articles and topics. Chats with players, coaches and team officials are also featured, along with "fan view" columns."
"And last August it bought a fan Web site, one that had kept a running tally of alleged errors made by one of the Post's beat reporters. The first Redskins executive to appear on the site after the acquisition was the team's owner, Daniel M. Snyder, who used some of his time to bash the news media for possessing personal agendas and overusing anonymous sources."[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/sports/football/07redskins.html?ei5070&en983ae4b27d661ebb&ex1149825600&adxnnl1&adxnnlx=1149699915-s+Gc/B8CVzce6WKA6Pdzxg]
"McKenna takes a low view of shadow journalism, calling ExtremeSkins.com, a message board site purchased by the team, a Snyder "party organ." He feels the same way about the Redskins' TV shows ("infomercials," he harrumphs), Redskins.com, and Redskins Journal, a previously independent print publication now owned by Snyder." http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cheap/2005/cheap1021.html
"Worst web site: Extremeskins.com, now owned and operated by the Washington Redskins and a place where no-accountability venom remains the lifeblood of a despicable operation."
Founded in May of 2000, the site officially merged with the Redskins organization in 2005 experiencing a significant jump in membership from August of 2005 to February 2006. Currently as of July 2007 there are about 68,000 users registered to the site. Users register with the site and choose usernames that become their alias on the site. Members have options for creating their own "signature" which is either a graphic or text and receive an "avatar" that corresponds to how many total posts on the site the member has.
Forums
There are several forums for discussion on the site, each with its own focus. Of these forums The Stadium is the most visited, but The Tailgate is arguably the most popular among long-time members. Moderators are chosen by the staff to patrol the site and uphold the rules of discussion. Moderators or "mods" as some call them are experienced members hand-picked by the owners.
The Stadium
The Stadium forum is used exclusively for discussing issues directly involved with the Washington Redskins football franchise. This forum generally sees the most traffic of all of the forums and many newcomers to the site use this forum primarily.
The Tailgate
The Tailgate is a more relaxed forum where just about any non-football topic is fair game, from news to humor to science.
The Classifieds Forum
Members can buy, sell, or trade items or services in this forum. Mostly Redskins-related.
The Club Level Forums
The Club Level comprises four forums that include a graphic library, a Chat archive, a draft "war room", and a film library. Most of the material in these forums is created and posted by members. Non-staff members cannot post in the chat archive, but it can be viewed by anyone visiting the site.
Washington Area Sports Forums
The Washington area sports forums include forums for discussion of every major professional sports team in the Washington area. Teams include the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles (Baseball), the Washington Wizards (Basketball), the Washington Capitals (Hockey), D.C. United (soccer), and the area's NCAA teams.
Stadium Maintenance Forums
Only two forums are in this area: Tech Feedback, which is open to all members, and the Owners Box, reserved specifically for Redskins personnel and Extremeskins staff.
The Redskins Tradition Forums
These forums contain past discussion threads and posts organized by year. These threads are editable, but no new posts can be made in these forums.
Origins
Extremeskins (ES) was founded by Die Hard (username) in May of 2000. Die Hard was fed up with message boards where discussions frequently degenerated into flame wars. Engaging discussion was impossible without countless posts from fans of other teams who had no intention other than to provoke a fight.
Die Hard set out to build a message board that was a haven for Redskins fans to discuss their team's issues without rude responses. At the site's inception, one didn't have to register for many of the online communities, the software was second rate, and the moderation was poor. The ultimate goal was to have the best Redskins fan site on the net with a committed, involved moderation staff.
Because Extremeskins started as a small group of devoted fans, discussions maintained a level of civility higher than one could find at other sports message boards. As the site grew, new members followed the positive example set by their predecessors. Throughout its history, Extremeskins has been entirely free to access and join. All funds necessary to run the forum came voluntarily from the pockets of the owners and members.
All of the staff are long-time posters at ExtremeSkins, who share the goal of fostering a pleasant environment for discussion not only of sports-related topics, but humor and current events as well. Many of the original members were refugees from a message board at "The Sporting News". The atmosphere at "The Sporting News" had begun to decline, and when ES was formed members quickly flocked to the fledgling site. The community grew slowly at first, but there was a dramatic increase in membership when Steve Spurrier was named Head Coach, and again when Joe Gibbs returned to Washington. Membership was also further bolstered when ES began to feature Bang Cartoons, satirical animations about the NFL, in late 2003. the cartoons became a hit, and fans league-wide signed on in large numbers to view them. Bang Cartoons became a weekly feature that stayed with ES until the summer of 2005.
Unbeknownst to the public, the Redskins wanted to add a message board to their official team site, Redskins.com. Realizing this would be a complicated task, the Redskins decided to acquire an established forum rather than start from scratch. After looking at all of the serious Redskins sites on the web, they found that ES was the busiest, best managed, highest quality site available. The team liked the way Extremeskins was run, the quality of discussion, and the friendly, hands-on approach of the staff. The Redskins assured the owners and members of ES that no significant changes would be made to the site as a result of the union, and the merger spurred a massive influx of new members.
The Present Day
Die Hard's goal has long since been reached, but the staff at Extremeskins is constantly working to improve the site. Each season ES welcomes new members and expands its features, but is still completely free. While some things did change with the merger, the sense of community, diversity of opinion and freedom of expression have not. Extremeskins owes these successes to the hard work and dedication of the staff.
Currently, a few moderators from Extremeskins have turn their attentions from attacking other Redskins Fans/Posters, and focused on attacking local beat writers. To the surprise of many in the media and around the league, the Washington Redskins allow these moderators to spend games in the press box.
(contributed in part by ES member Skinfan13 and in bulk by ES moderator Pete)
Extremeskins in the Media
"One of the most novel steps came in August, when the Redskins announced they had acquired ExtremeSkins.com. That was sort of the Neon Deion of fan Web sites, the most popular and brashest such outlet in the burgundy-and-gold universe. ExtremeSkins.com is the first existing fan site ever acquired by an NFL team."
"Still operated by the fan moderators who founded the site, ExtremeSkins.com--the largest Redskins fan site on the Internet--provides fans unique views and access to the team. Representatives of Extremeskins travel to all Redskins games, posting fan-centric articles and topics. Chats with players, coaches and team officials are also featured, along with "fan view" columns."
"And last August it bought a fan Web site, one that had kept a running tally of alleged errors made by one of the Post's beat reporters. The first Redskins executive to appear on the site after the acquisition was the team's owner, Daniel M. Snyder, who used some of his time to bash the news media for possessing personal agendas and overusing anonymous sources."[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/sports/football/07redskins.html?ei5070&en983ae4b27d661ebb&ex1149825600&adxnnl1&adxnnlx=1149699915-s+Gc/B8CVzce6WKA6Pdzxg]
"McKenna takes a low view of shadow journalism, calling ExtremeSkins.com, a message board site purchased by the team, a Snyder "party organ." He feels the same way about the Redskins' TV shows ("infomercials," he harrumphs), Redskins.com, and Redskins Journal, a previously independent print publication now owned by Snyder." http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/cheap/2005/cheap1021.html
"Worst web site: Extremeskins.com, now owned and operated by the Washington Redskins and a place where no-accountability venom remains the lifeblood of a despicable operation."
Joshua Mehigan is a contemporary American poet born in 1969.
He is the author to date of one book, The Optimist (ISBN 0-8214-1611-1), which was published to acclaim in 2004.
After winning the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize, and upon its release by Ohio University Press, The Optimist was named one of the top-ten university press books of 2004 and chosen as a finalist for the 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry.
In addition to poetry, Mehigan has published occasional verse translations by Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Valéry. He has also published essays and articles in magazines and on the Internet.
Born in Johnstown, a mill town in upstate New York, Mehigan was raised as an only child in a middle-class household. In 1987, he enrolled at Purchase College, where in 1991 he earned a degree in philosophy. In 1994, he received an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, where he studied with the writers Mark Doty, Dana Gioia, and Thomas Lux. Since 1992, he has lived in New York City, where he has worked in communications, education, and publishing.
Mehigan's material and style are relatively diverse, and have included elegies, ecphrasis, and historical or philosophical subjects in a pure lyric or satiric vein. However, most of his work to date uses a stable mix of lyric, dramatic, or narrative modes and a variety of the plain style. "In the Home of My Sitter" or "The Pig Roast," for example, would seem to be informed by his rural childhood experience. Other poems, such as "Promenade" or "Another Pygmalion," trade on urbanity and a somewhat more heightened style, and tend to concern cosmopolitan themes.
Editors and critics have grouped Mehigan loosely with the younger generation of poets that includes John Canaday, A.E. Stallings, Philip Stephens, Catherine Tufariello, Greg Williamson, Christian Wiman, and David Yezzi, each of whom has employed traditional poetic technique in a contemporary idiom.
In general, Mehigan's poems are marked by thematic darkness, sardonic humor, and musicality, which in many cases serves to temper the saturnine quality they display.
Quotations
* (from "Promenade"): "Wish is the word that sounds like what wind means."
* (from Ohio University Press Book News) "I don't know anyone who thinks forms are really the point. And you have to be severely parochial—parochial in place and time—to think meter is marginal enough to poetry to call its proponents by a special name. A lot of poets classed as New Formalists barely use meter or rhyme! And of course many poets who were never called New Formalists always use meter."
* (from the New York Times) "The city is very definitely a good place for a poet, because there's always some sort of human drama unfolding everywhere. But it's also trying, because you're never going to get rich writing poetry, and the city's so expensive."
Sources and
He is the author to date of one book, The Optimist (ISBN 0-8214-1611-1), which was published to acclaim in 2004.
After winning the Hollis Summers Poetry Prize, and upon its release by Ohio University Press, The Optimist was named one of the top-ten university press books of 2004 and chosen as a finalist for the 2004 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Poetry.
In addition to poetry, Mehigan has published occasional verse translations by Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Valéry. He has also published essays and articles in magazines and on the Internet.
Born in Johnstown, a mill town in upstate New York, Mehigan was raised as an only child in a middle-class household. In 1987, he enrolled at Purchase College, where in 1991 he earned a degree in philosophy. In 1994, he received an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College, where he studied with the writers Mark Doty, Dana Gioia, and Thomas Lux. Since 1992, he has lived in New York City, where he has worked in communications, education, and publishing.
Mehigan's material and style are relatively diverse, and have included elegies, ecphrasis, and historical or philosophical subjects in a pure lyric or satiric vein. However, most of his work to date uses a stable mix of lyric, dramatic, or narrative modes and a variety of the plain style. "In the Home of My Sitter" or "The Pig Roast," for example, would seem to be informed by his rural childhood experience. Other poems, such as "Promenade" or "Another Pygmalion," trade on urbanity and a somewhat more heightened style, and tend to concern cosmopolitan themes.
Editors and critics have grouped Mehigan loosely with the younger generation of poets that includes John Canaday, A.E. Stallings, Philip Stephens, Catherine Tufariello, Greg Williamson, Christian Wiman, and David Yezzi, each of whom has employed traditional poetic technique in a contemporary idiom.
In general, Mehigan's poems are marked by thematic darkness, sardonic humor, and musicality, which in many cases serves to temper the saturnine quality they display.
Quotations
* (from "Promenade"): "Wish is the word that sounds like what wind means."
* (from Ohio University Press Book News) "I don't know anyone who thinks forms are really the point. And you have to be severely parochial—parochial in place and time—to think meter is marginal enough to poetry to call its proponents by a special name. A lot of poets classed as New Formalists barely use meter or rhyme! And of course many poets who were never called New Formalists always use meter."
* (from the New York Times) "The city is very definitely a good place for a poet, because there's always some sort of human drama unfolding everywhere. But it's also trying, because you're never going to get rich writing poetry, and the city's so expensive."
Sources and
Hemsby Inshore Lifeboat (H.I.R.S) was established in 1976 and became a "DECLARED FACILITY" with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. This means that Hemsby Inshore Lifeboat is part of the United Kingdom's Maritime Search and Rescue Service for the waters off the Norfolk coast and also the freshwater area known as the Norfolk Broads.